Record-breaking warmth before mild and potentially wet Halloween
Posted Oct 28, 2024 06:19:48 AM.
Last Updated Oct 28, 2024 06:19:51 AM.
The ghouls and goblins could have extra scary facepaint this year, with a potentially wet Halloween on the horizon.
The spooky night will come after another few days of unseasonably warm weather in Waterloo Region.
Not one but three days this week could break decades-old temperature records.
This comes as Waterloo Region beat a 104-year-old weather record last Monday, October 21, with a high of 25.6 degrees!
Starting Tuesday this week, 570 NewsRadio Meteorologist Jill Taylor is calling for a high of 20 degrees.
The hottest it has been in the past on October 29 is 20.6 set back in 1946 and again in 1950.
Wednesday, the high to beat is 22.2 degrees, set back in 1950, and hit again in 1999.
And then Halloween-Thursday, less-likely to beat, but not impossible, a high of 22.2 set in 1950. Jill expects the high Thursday to still be unseasonably warm, but closer to 21 degrees.
“So very mild temperatures for Halloween, could see some record highs … we’ll see the temperatures start out around 16 maybe even 17 degrees to start the evening, and then drop to around 9 .. and then back to that fall-feel on Friday morning at 4 degrees.”
As for whether or not it will rain come trick-or-treat time, Jill says it’s going to be wet all day Thursday but it just might wrap up before the kids are out.
She adds, keep in mind, with Halloween still three days away, the weather models could still change.
Some fun facts heading into your Halloween this year, digging back into the record books, Jill says the wettest Halloween was back in 1932, with 25.7 mm of rain recorded on that October 31.
And in 1923? It was an extra spooky night, with 5.1 cm of snow!
